ETF comparison
BNDXvsIGOV
Both International Bond.
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
823 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and IGOV would leave roughly41.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BNDX is 28 bps cheaper than IGOV. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for IGOV.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with BNDX vs IGOV.
Top shared holdings
823 shared in total| # | Holding | In BNDX | In IGOV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.39% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 2 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.28% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 3 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.25% | 0.28% | 0.25% |
| 4 | United Kingdom Gilt | 0.37% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 5 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.23% | 0.28% | 0.23% |
| 6 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.23% | 0.24% | 0.23% |
| 7 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.24% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 8 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.23% | 0.25% | 0.23% |
| 9 | United Kingdom Gilt | 0.38% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 10 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.21% | 0.22% | 0.21% |
| 11 | United Kingdom Gilt | 0.36% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.25% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
Only in BNDX
5,886 total- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau0.21%
- European Union0.21%
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe0.20%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT0.18%
- European Union0.15%
- European Union0.15%
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe0.14%
- Spain Government Bond0.13%
- European Union0.12%
- Korea Treasury Bond0.12%
Only in IGOV
89 total- Ireland Government Bonds0.38%
- Bundesobligation0.34%
- Israel Government Bonds - Fixed0.29%
- Finland Government Bonds0.27%
- Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT0.26%
- Ireland Government Bonds0.24%
- Republic of Austria Government Bonds0.24%
- Finland Government Bonds0.23%
- Netherlands Government Bonds0.22%
- Finland Government Bonds0.21%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
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